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James Baldwin Review (JBR) is an annual journal that brings together a wide array of peer-reviewed critical and creative work on the life, writings, and legacy of James Baldwin. This…
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James Campbell
James Baldwin was one of America’s finest and most influential writers. By the time he died in 1987, his books, such as The Fire Next Time , Go Tell It…
Kim McLarin
Award-winning author Kim McLarin takes on James Baldwin’s classic novel, Another Country.
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James Baldwin was one of America’s finest and influential writers. By the time he died, his books, such as The Fire Next Time , Go Tell It on the Mountain…
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James Baldwin
James Baldwin’s ability to create lasting literature that continues to challenge readers is made abundantly clear in the short story Sonny’s Blues ; the essays My Dungeon Shook: Letter to…
Rosa Bobia
James Baldwin’s reputation has to a large extent been studied as an isolated American phenomenon. This book-length study is the first that examines the large body of criticism by French-language…
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Lynn Scott
This is an examination of the decline of Baldwin’s reputation after the middle 1960s, his tepid reception in mainstream and academic venues, and the ways in which critics have often…
This volume analyzes tributaries of James Baldwin’s political and social critique, revalorizing his use of visual forms as well as scrutinizing the connections between his literary journalism and his other…
Joseph Vogel
By the 1980s, critics and the public alike considered James Baldwin irrelevant. Yet Baldwin remained an important, prolific writer until his death in 1987. Indeed, his work throughout the decade…
Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for James Baldwin’s The Amen Corner, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical…
This meticulous reprint of Richard Avedon and James Baldwin’s searing monograph, Nothing Personal, explores the contradictions at the heart of American experience, juxtaposing subjects from Marilyn Monroe and Allen Ginsberg…
Magdalena J. Zaborowska
Reveals the significant role that Turkish locales, cultures, and friends played in James Baldwin’s life and thought. This book demonstrates how Baldwin’s Turkish sojourns enabled him to re-imagine himself as…
First published in 1963, James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time stabbed at the heart of America’s so-called Negro problem. As remarkable for its masterful prose as it is for its…
Time in Your Hands by James Baldwin is the story of Billy and his sister, Beth (or Liz, as Billy liked to call her). The story is set just after…
James Baldwin was an American author and textbook editor. Baldwin was self-educated and one of the most prolific writers of school books for children in the 20th century. This is…
Fifty Famous People by James Baldwin features educational and entertaining short stories about famous people of the world history. Although not biographical, they are about real persons who actually lived…
A decidedly different autobiography, originally published under the pseudonym Robert Dudley, eventually revealed to be James Baldwin. A portrayal of life in rural Indiana in the middle of the 19th…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
An allegorical response to the London riots of 2011, in which the story of Peter Pan is given a disturbing, dystopian twist.
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